💾 From Duplicity to Borg — a backup journey

After more than a decade with Duplicity, I finally switched to BorgBackup — and wow, that difference.

📂 Source data: 719 GB in my /home
📦 Packed size: 419 GB
📉 Actual storage: 390 GB after compression

That’s more than a 45% reduction, and the upload to remote storage is much faster now.
For someone who handles geospatial and scientific data daily, this is huge.

It’s not just about saving space — it’s about making the workflow lighter, faster, and more sustainable.

🧠 Curious — what backup tools do you trust most?

#Linux #BorgBackup #OpenSource #DataManagement #Backups #DigitalResearch #IndependentResearch #DataScience #CyberSecurity #ResearchWorkflow #Geodata #Automation

Why painting their greed with a "fair" (out)look if IT's everything but fair #software, #opensource or #FOSS?

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@EUCommission could lead by example and recommend @jitsimeetinstances , but promoting their #surveillancecapitalism solutions might be a boomerang. Don't you think?

Btw. Mugshot of #BillGates the 3rd on a bluescreen with #IBM PC5150 standing on shoulders of #DigitalResearch is a #vector #illustration made with #Inkscape, not #Adobe#Illustrator

What Clive Sinclair and Gary Kildall had in common, aside from being red-bearded.

https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-red-bearded-visionaries

#retrocomputing#DigitalResearch #sinclair